real estate investment trusts
By Selena Maranjian, The Motley Fool
| 3:30PM 10/17/2011
It's easy to forget, given all the success stories of people who've gotten rich in real estate, but you have to remember: Your house is not an investment. Money can be made in real estate, but you're better off considering these investment vehicles than buying property directly.
| 12:00PM 2/17/2011
As the economic recovery takes hold and the investing landscape shifts again, it's important to adjust your investment strategy to take advantage of the new opportunities. Here are 11 areas experts think you should consider putting your money into right now.
| 8:22AM 12/14/2010
Real estate investment trust HCP (HCP) agreed to buy $6.1 billion of real estate assets from HCR ManorCare Inc.
HCP said it will acquire 338 post-acute skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in 30 states, with the highest concentrations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Illinois and...
| 3:27PM 10/08/2010
Shares of J.C. Penney surged as much as 16% after activist investor Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management disclosed that it had purchased a 16.5% stake in the struggling retailer.
| 10:00AM 10/28/2008
If you've got cash money, now could be the time to, very selectively, put some of it into real estate. I do a lot of editorial grunt work for the National Association of Realtors. One of the benefits is being privy to practically everything that anybody and everybody writes about the business....